VE WYRSAVEST

[The Esrova Court 1478]

 

THE PRE-SEASON FAIR OF 474 E.S. 

 

 

Issued by the

GRAND LADY

On this 10th day of Vzmey ag Hyff of 474 E.S. 

 

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VA BIRODEO HERZENAV AG EDLERVIK,

 

Bearing in mind the approaching Social Season, the Morrivi Prikaz Advisory Council has decided to integrate into tradition a new type of Haeseni celebration: Ve Wyrsavest, a jubilant fair intended to honor the upcoming Social Season. Spanning over the course of three months, the up-and-coming nobles of this flourishing generation may display their strength, familial pride, and optionally, the pursuit of courtship should they seek it preceding the official Haeseni Social Season, now officially dubbed Ve Sovestna. 

 

The Wyrsavest is also intended to usher in a new era of pride and good relations amongst the Haeseni families, noble or common, as a formal precursor to the Sovestna Season. What was once known as Ve Lifstala has been redubbed Ve Sovestna so that the former connotations of this momentous occasion may be re-established and formally instated; Rather than primarily centering the Season’s celebrations around courtship and marriage, Ve Sovestna will place emphasis on the celebration of Haeseni unity, one’s ascension to adulthood, and familial pride. However, courtships will subsequently - and are certainly encouraged to - blossom during Ve Sovestna to further strengthen the unity of the Haeseni people.

 

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THE VORENBURG FEST

(Saturday, April 29th, 6:30 PM EST)

 

Wyrsavest will commence by way of a jointly-hosted festival on Lake Voron. House Colborn and House Kortrevich have banded together to commemorate the very first Wyrsavest with a festival boasting a number of Highlandic games such as water-wrestling, cow-wrangling, log-tossing, tug-a-war, and so on. It is encouraged that each family puts forth a champion to represent their respective House, for the sake of celebrating familial pride and Haeseni strength on this day. 

 

THE KAROSGRADI JOUST

(Sunday, April 30th, 5:00 PM EST)

 

The second month of Wyrsavest will indulge in an age-old tradition loved by many Haeseni: jousting. Hosted in the Hippodrome in Karosgrad, Haense, champions will joust under a designated familial banner. Should a participant in the joust desire to befriend or court an individual, they may ask for their favor. A favor is a beflowered wreath, intricately woven with differing blooms that bear certain meanings. The meanings of these varying blossoms will, of course, demonstrate the underlying intentions of the one who bestows it unto their champion. 

 

THE QUEENSWOOD HUNT

(Monday, May 1st, 7:00 PM EST)

 

To conclude the Wyrsavest, the Master of the Hunt will personally lead a hunting party into the Queenswood. Each attendee will be encouraged to form teams with those they wish to pursue a friendship or courtship with and thus venture into the forest in pairs or groups. Once the hunt has succinctly concluded, hunters will be guided into the lodge for an evening of drinking and merriment. To further facilitate blossoming relations, pelts or other souvenirs garnered from the hunt may be presented as a token of friendship or an extension of one’s affections.

 

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IV JOVEO MAAN

 

Her Excellency, Viorica Irena Kortrevich, Grand Lady of Hanseti-Ruska

Edited April 22, 2023 by The Morrivi Court